The Nova Saints - the draft EP

The Nova Saints are a band who have gained a fair bit of kudos though are taking their time getting to that debut album. Its due for release this year (according to Wikipedia) though the band itself dates back to 2003 when they were known as Spencer. This EP was their debut from 2006 when they also changed their name to Nova Saints.

Its good hard psychedelic shoegazing indie rock. Of the four tracks on here "Slow down" stands out the most with its hard guitar driven melody. A couple of the other tracks were a bit average maybe, such as the title track which didn't really make much impression on me but overall you can sense this band is set for great things. Very much in the vein of the harder original shoegaze bands, they have been compared to the likes of Ride. I can see (or hear) what they mean but i think there is something else there, something special. Waiting for that album then.